Archive timeline
2021
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2021, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 539
- Countries where they were recorded
- 20
- News items in the archive
- 1,013
Latest news of 2021
USA - Death Penalty Information Center: Year End Report 2021
Virginia abolishes, 11 executions, 19 new death sentences
DECEMBER 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man executed in Yasuj on December 30
DECEMBER 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 prisoners executed In Urmia on December 31, 2021
Moghadam Alizade, Hossen Abbasi Zade, Hamdullah Alami and Fayzullah Ghorbani
DECEMBER 29, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO THREW CHILDREN OUT WINDOW AND GIRLFRIEND WHO INSTIGATED THE MURDERS
A couple from western China’s Chongqing municipality were both sentenced to death on 28 December 2021 for conspiring to kill the man’s two young children from a previous marriage so they could start a new family.
DECEMBER 29, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 4 GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY IN OGUN
An Abeokuta High Court on 24 December 2021 sentenced four gang members to death by hanging for armed robbery.
DECEMBER 29, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERROR CHARGES
An Iraqi criminal court on 23 December 2021 handed death sentences to three people accused of having a hand in a terrorist bomb attack that targeted southeastern Iraq earlier this month, the country’s Supreme Judicial Council announced.
DECEMBER 29, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Published the latest edition of "Death Row USA" updated to July 1, 2021
Fewest Death-Sentenced Prisoners in Three Decades
DECEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Ali-Panahi executed in Shiraz on 29 December 2021
DECEMBER 28, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BLASPHEMY
A Peshawar court on 23 December 2021 convicted a 42-year-old man of committing blasphemy through uploading a video on the internet and sentenced him to death along with a fine of Rs100,000.
DECEMBER 27, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 13 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF BRAHMANBARIA AWAMI LEAGUE LEADER
A Dhaka court on 26 December 2021 sentenced 13 people to death in a case filed over the murder of a local Awami League leader in 2016.
DECEMBER 27, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: IS-LINKED MAN EXECUTED FOR SUICIDE ATTACK PLOT
Saudi Arabia on 27 December 2021 executed a Yemeni man accused of plotting a suicide attack in the kingdom and of links to the Islamic State jihadist group, the interior ministry said.
DECEMBER 27, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Nehtani executed in Sabzevar Prison on December 27
On drug-related charges
DECEMBER 27, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified prisoner executed in Rajai Shahr Prison "in recent days"
For murder
DECEMBER 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Moradi executed in Diezelabad
No other information
DECEMBER 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Imani executed in Ardabil Prison on December 26
For murder
DECEMBER 21, 2021JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED IN FIRST HANGINGS SINCE 2019
Japan hanged three prisoners on 21 December 2021, its first executions in two years, with the government saying it was necessary to maintain capital punishment in the face of continued "atrocious crimes".
DECEMBER 21, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MORE THAN 90 SENTENCED TO DEATH BY MILITARY COURTS
More than 90 people have been sentenced to death by military courts in Myanmar’s Yangon region since the country’s army overthrew civilian rule in a Feb. 1 coup, according to reports in Myanmar’s junta-controlled media.
DECEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ardavan Falahvand and Hossein Mirakarami executed in Khorramabad on December 21
At least 360 executions il 2021
DECEMBER 20, 2021TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: SENTENCES RANGING FROM 12 YEARS IN PRISON TO DEATH PENALTY HANDED DOWN IN TERRORISM CASES
The criminal chamber at the judicial counter-terrorism division rendered judgements in several terror cases.
DECEMBER 20, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 2021 Year End Report from the Death Penalty Information Center
11 executions and 18 new death sentences in 1 year
DECEMBER 20, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY ABU DHABI COURT
The Criminal Court of Abu Dhabi has sentenced a Pakistani expatriate to death for possessing narcotic and psychotropic substances with the intention of promoting them, Gulf News reported on 20 December 2021.
DECEMBER 20, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury sentences Markeith Loyd to death
- DECEMBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fatemeh Aslani executed in Isfahan Central Prison on December 19
129th execution of a woman since 2013
DECEMBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three men executed on drug-related charges in Shiraz Prison on December 19
Hamed Darvish, Naeim Shehbakhsh and Abdolkhalegh Salarzehi
DECEMBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heydar Ghorbani executed in Sanandaj on December 19.
Kurdish political prisoner
DECEMBER 19, 2021KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: ETHIOPIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING INDIAN MAN
The Criminal Department of the High Court of Kuwait, headed by Counselor Abdullah Al-Othman, sentenced to
DECEMBER 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Shahriari executed in Shiraz Prison
On charges of moharebeh
DECEMBER 18, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 2021 Gallup Poll: Public Support for Capital Punishment Remains at Half-Century Low
DECEMBER 16, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Taxila court on 13 December 2021 sentenced a man to death for murdering a former councillor during a reconciliation meeting in Mohallah Warrian in Taxila police area in August 2019.
DECEMBER 16, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: AT LEAST 7 PEOPLE REPORTEDLY PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR WATCHING K-POP
A new report from a human rights group has found North Korea has publicly executed at least seven people for watching or distributing K-pop videos in the last decade.